EMAIL: jerryl@n-jcenter.com
NAME:  Jerry Lyles
TOPIC: Summer
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: CrystalGraphics 3-D Designer 2.1 (DOS)
TOOLS USED: Photo Paint 5+
RENDER TIME: 3 Minutes 45 Seconds
HARDWARE USED: Hyundai 486DX4 100 Mhz 8Meg, VLB video
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Summer and Surfin just go together.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
The surfboard is an extruded and beveled polygon with a wood texture.
The creature and it's eyes are simple spheres. The body of the creature
and the eyestalks have a 3d procedural applied for texture. A rectangle
under the surfboard was set as a shadow catcher.
The scene was rendered, the creature moved and the previous scene used
for the next rendering. The background image is part of the Crystalgraphics
GEM collection and is available to users of 3-D Designer.
Corel Photo-Paint 5+ was used to tweak brightness and contrast
of the background image as per contest rules.